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{{Short description|2020 painting by Banksy}}
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| alt = A boy playing with a nurse, having selected the toy over superheroes Batman and Spider-Man
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| artist = [[Banksy]]
| year = {{start date|2020}}
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| subject = [[National Health Service|NHS]] Workers
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| owner = [[Southampton General Hospital]]
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| preceded_by = ''[[Valentine's Banksy]]''
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'''''Painting for Saints''''' or '''''Game Changer''''' is a 2020 painting by [[Banksy]], who donated it to the [[Southampton General Hospital]] in [[Southern England]], United Kingdom. The artwork depicts a child playing with a toy nurse, having selected the toy over superheroes [[Batman]] and [[Spider-Man]], and was unveiled during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. The painting is largely monochrome apart from a red cross on the nurse's uniform. It was delivered to the hospital together with a note: "Thanks for all you're doing. I hope this brightens the place up a bit, even if its only black and white".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-52556544|title=New Banksy artwork appears at Southampton hospital|first=Will|last=Gompertz|date=6 May 2020|work=BBC|access-date=23 March 2021|archive-date=11 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311014155/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-52556544|url-status=live}}</ref> The hospital titled the artwork ''Painting for Saints'', which references "The Saints", a nickname for [[Southampton F.C.]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kim |first1=Allen |title=Banksy donates new artwork honoring health care workers to hospital |url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/banksy-hospital-trnd/index.html |accessdate=7 May 2020 |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=7 May 2020 |archive-date=7 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507014624/https://www.cnn.com/style/article/banksy-hospital-trnd/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Banksy himself posted the image on his [[Instagram]] account with the caption "Game Changer".<ref name=reuters />

The artwork remained at the hospital until it was auctioned off to benefit charities affiliated with the [[National Health Service]].<ref name=reuters>{{cite news |title=A British nurse is the chosen superhero in new Banksy artwork |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-banksy/a-british-nurse-is-the-chosen-superhero-in-new-banksy-artwork-idUSKBN22I2U5 |accessdate=7 May 2020 |publisher=[[Reuters]] |date=6 May 2020 |archive-date=14 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514063013/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-banksy/a-british-nurse-is-the-chosen-superhero-in-new-banksy-artwork-idUSKBN22I2U5 |url-status=live }}</ref>  It was sold for £14.4m (£16.8m including buyer premium) on 23 March 2021, which at the time was a record for a work by Banksy.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-56497104 |title=Covid: Banksy painting raises £14.4m for NHS charities |work=BBC |date=23 March 2021 |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210323192639/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-56497104 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/banksy-painting-sells-for-23-million-uk-health-charities-5b7eb90daa0ac2d9dec7dc376af49766 |title=Banksy painting raises $23 million for UK health charities |date=23 March 2021 |work=Associated Press |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210323202827/https://apnews.com/article/banksy-painting-sells-for-23-million-uk-health-charities-5b7eb90daa0ac2d9dec7dc376af49766 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of works by Banksy]]

==References==
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[[Category:2020 paintings]]
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[[Category:Works about the COVID-19 pandemic]]
[[Category:Works by Banksy]]
[[Category:Media depictions of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom]]


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